The Brink’s Robbery That Turned Into a Deadly Manhunt
October 20, 1981. What began as a carefully planned armored truck robbery outside a shopping center in Rockland County, New York quickly became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
Armed members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground ambushed a Brink’s armored truck, stealing $1.6 million in cash. Within minutes, the robbery erupted into deadly gunfire that left a Brink’s guard dead and sparked a violent confrontation with police. By the end of the day, two Nyack police officers had also been killed, launching one of the largest manhunts in FBI history.
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